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    Water Cooling Drain Port Ideas

    Hello,

    I am thinking of water cooling my new rig with an open system, however I want to have a drain port with a 10/13mm G1/4 Plug maybe off a Y Port. However if I am using soft tubing with compression parts (black) and I am not sure of the possible parts I need for this drain port idea? EKWB parts or some other brand would be good to use.

    Any advise would be great :-)

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    Re: Water Cooling Drain Port Ideas

    Some radiators, notably from Alphacool and Phobya use G1/4" bleed ports at the bottom, which are ideal to use for draining the loop - If you have the space, you could fit a valve to it.
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    Re: Water Cooling Drain Port Ideas

    I just designed my compression fitting placement so I could get a catch-vessel underneath, unscrew the fitting and drain directly in.
    I have a secondary/alternative drain point out the back of my case, too.

    Simple T-piece, bit of tube for draining, then the end plug of your choice will do fine. You could put a valve/tap in if you want to be fancy about it.

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    Re: Water Cooling Drain Port Ideas

    Quote Originally Posted by Ttaskmaster View Post
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    Simple T-piece, bit of tube for draining, then the end plug of your choice will do fine. You could put a valve/tap in if you want to be fancy about it.
    Exactly what i have done.

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    Re: Water Cooling Drain Port Ideas

    I've used a T as above which worked well.

    In my current machine I just unbolt the tube reservoir, unscrew the top cap and pour the lot in to a bucket.

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    Re: Water Cooling Drain Port Ideas

    Also used a T piece with hose clips and a fill port on the end to drain my loops.

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    Re: Water Cooling Drain Port Ideas

    Excellent thanks for the feedback - T-Piece seems the way to go :-)

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